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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GUnixFDMessage.top_of_page"></a>GUnixFDMessage</span></h2>
<p>GUnixFDMessage — A GSocketControlMessage containing a GUnixFDList</p>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketControlMessage</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#g-unix-fd-message-new-with-fd-list" title="g_unix_fd_message_new_with_fd_list ()">g_unix_fd_message_new_with_fd_list</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketControlMessage</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#g-unix-fd-message-new" title="g_unix_fd_message_new ()">g_unix_fd_message_new</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="returnvalue">GUnixFDList</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#g-unix-fd-message-get-fd-list" title="g_unix_fd_message_get_fd_list ()">g_unix_fd_message_get_fd_list</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#g-unix-fd-message-append-fd" title="g_unix_fd_message_append_fd ()">g_unix_fd_message_append_fd</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#g-unix-fd-message-steal-fds" title="g_unix_fd_message_steal_fds ()">g_unix_fd_message_steal_fds</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2>
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<a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a> *</td>
<td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#GUnixFDMessage--fd-list" title="The “fd-list” property">fd-list</a></td>
<td class="property_flags">Read / Write / Construct Only</td>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="datatype_keyword">struct</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html#GUnixFDMessage-struct" title="struct GUnixFDMessage">GUnixFDMessage</a></td>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
<pre class="screen">    <a href="../gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject-struct">GObject</a>
    <span class="lineart">╰──</span> <a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage">GSocketControlMessage</a>
        <span class="lineart">╰──</span> GUnixFDMessage
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gio/gunixfdmessage.h&gt;
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>This <a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="type">GSocketControlMessage</span></a> contains a <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a>.
It may be sent using <a class="link" href="GSocket.html#g-socket-send-message" title="g_socket_send_message ()"><code class="function">g_socket_send_message()</code></a> and received using
<a class="link" href="GSocket.html#g-socket-receive-message" title="g_socket_receive_message ()"><code class="function">g_socket_receive_message()</code></a> over UNIX sockets (ie: sockets in the
<code class="literal">G_SOCKET_ADDRESS_UNIX</code> family). The file descriptors are copied
between processes by the kernel.</p>
<p>For an easier way to send and receive file descriptors over
stream-oriented UNIX sockets, see <a class="link" href="GUnixConnection.html#g-unix-connection-send-fd" title="g_unix_connection_send_fd ()"><code class="function">g_unix_connection_send_fd()</code></a> and
<a class="link" href="GUnixConnection.html#g-unix-connection-receive-fd" title="g_unix_connection_receive_fd ()"><code class="function">g_unix_connection_receive_fd()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Note that <code class="literal">&amp;lt;gio/gunixfdmessage.h&gt;</code> belongs to the UNIX-specific GIO
interfaces, thus you have to use the <code class="literal">gio-unix-2.0.pc</code> pkg-config
file when using it.</p>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-new-with-fd-list"></a><h3>g_unix_fd_message_new_with_fd_list ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketControlMessage</span></a> *
g_unix_fd_message_new_with_fd_list (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a> *fd_list</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a new <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> containing <em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em>
.</p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-new-with-fd-list.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>fd_list</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-new-with-fd-list.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a new <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-24.html#api-index-2.24">2.24</a></p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-new"></a><h3>g_unix_fd_message_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketControlMessage</span></a> *
g_unix_fd_message_new (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a new <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> containing an empty file descriptor
list.</p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-new.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a new <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a></p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-22.html#api-index-2.22">2.22</a></p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-get-fd-list"></a><h3>g_unix_fd_message_get_fd_list ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="returnvalue">GUnixFDList</span></a> *
g_unix_fd_message_get_fd_list (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> *message</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a> contained in <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
.  This function does not
return a reference to the caller, but the returned list is valid for
the lifetime of <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
.</p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-get-fd-list.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>message</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-get-fd-list.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>the <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a> from <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Don't free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer none</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-24.html#api-index-2.24">2.24</a></p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-append-fd"></a><h3>g_unix_fd_message_append_fd ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_unix_fd_message_append_fd (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> *message</code></em>,
                             <em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> fd</code></em>,
                             <em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Adds a file descriptor to <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
.</p>
<p>The file descriptor is duplicated using <code class="function">dup()</code>. You keep your copy
of the descriptor and the copy contained in <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
 will be closed
when <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
 is finalized.</p>
<p>A possible cause of failure is exceeding the per-process or
system-wide file descriptor limit.</p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-append-fd.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>message</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>fd</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a valid open file descriptor</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> pointer</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-append-fd.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> in case of success, else <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> (and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
is set)</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-22.html#api-index-2.22">2.22</a></p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-steal-fds"></a><h3>g_unix_fd_message_steal_fds ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a> *
g_unix_fd_message_steal_fds (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> *message</code></em>,
                             <em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> *length</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Returns the array of file descriptors that is contained in this
object.</p>
<p>After this call, the descriptors are no longer contained in
<em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
. Further calls will return an empty list (unless more
descriptors have been added).</p>
<p>The return result of this function must be freed with <a href="../glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>.
The caller is also responsible for closing all of the file
descriptors.</p>
<p>If <em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em>
 is non-<a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> then it is set to the number of file
descriptors in the returned array. The returned array is also
terminated with -1.</p>
<p>This function never returns <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. In case there are no file
descriptors contained in <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em>
, an empty array is returned.</p>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-steal-fds.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>message</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>length</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to the length of the returned
array, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
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<a name="g-unix-fd-message-steal-fds.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>an array of file
descriptors. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=length][<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-22.html#api-index-2.22">2.22</a></p>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage-struct"></a><h3>struct GUnixFDMessage</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct GUnixFDMessage;</pre>
<p><a class="link" href="GUnixFDMessage.html" title="GUnixFDMessage"><span class="type">GUnixFDMessage</span></a> is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed
using the following functions.</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="GUnixFDMessage.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GUnixFDMessage--fd-list"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“fd-list”</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  “fd-list”                  <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a> *</pre>
<p>The GUnixFDList object to send with the message.</p>
<p>Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only</p>
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<a name="GUnixFDMessage.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<p><a class="link" href="GUnixConnection.html" title="GUnixConnection"><span class="type">GUnixConnection</span></a>, <a class="link" href="GUnixFDList.html" title="GUnixFDList"><span class="type">GUnixFDList</span></a>, <a class="link" href="GSocketControlMessage.html" title="GSocketControlMessage"><span class="type">GSocketControlMessage</span></a></p>
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